Shorebirds offer unique challenges to both beginning and experienced birdwatchers. They're large, forage in the open, and are easy to spot, but their infinitely variable plumage makes them difficult to identify. With beautifully detailed images taken by one of the country's premier bird photographers, this book offers invaluable assistance to those who want to distinguish a yellow-legs from a willet, or a snipe from a dowitcher. It also offers sound advice on how best to observe these fascinating creatures, details on their natural history, and information on how mankind's actions have affected their populations.
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Arthur Morris is the author of The Art of Bird Photography. His images appear in birding and nature publications worldwide. He lives in coastal Florida.
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Good book that is easy to read with some good descriptions of shorebirds. Very easy to follow and understand...Gives some indepth info but not too much. Pictures are very good, showing some various views of different species. Only thing that would have made this book better would have been range maps that are not included, still a good book and worth the purchase price.
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Beautiful Pictures and Wonderful Words,
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I truly enjoyed reading this book. The pictures of the shorebirds are fantastic. It is very well written. Morris describes the shorebirds, their behavior and plumage changes very competently. The photographs are of the highest quality and very detailed. It even includes pictures of some shorebird chicks. I didn't expect this quality from an paperback. At $11 it was a bargain.
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What more can you say about Art's ability to impress one with his excellent photography and ability to describe birds. This book is far more useful to me in identifying shorebirds than a standard identification book that relys on colored drawings to present a species. Art's avian photographic ability brings the bird and all its detail up close for easy identification. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to quickly and accurately identify shorebirds.
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Shorebird identification isn't nearly as difficult as most people think. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fresh juvenal plumage, nonbreeding plumage, fringed buff, female phalaropes, shorebird species, southbound migration, northbound migration, horseshoe crab eggs, many shorebirds, migrant shorebirds, wing linings, undertail coverts, other shorebirds, display flights, winter plumage, ground displays, wintering grounds, marine worms, upper breast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, United States, North America, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Stilt Sandpipers, Red Knots, Delaware Bay, East Coast, Ruddy Turnstones, Snowy Plovers, American Golden-Plover, Central America, Spotted Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plover, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Long-billed Dowitchers, Western Sandpipers, Wilson's Phalaropes, Marbled Godwits, Short-billed Dowitcher, American Oystercatcher, Buff-breasted Sandpiper New!
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Shorebird identification isn't nearly as difficult as most people think. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fresh juvenal plumage, nonbreeding plumage, fringed buff, female phalaropes, shorebird species, southbound migration, northbound migration, horseshoe crab eggs, many shorebirds, migrant shorebirds, wing linings, undertail coverts, other shorebirds, display flights, winter plumage, ground displays, wintering grounds, marine worms, upper breast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, United States, North America, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Stilt Sandpipers, Red Knots, Delaware Bay, East Coast, Ruddy Turnstones, Snowy Plovers, American Golden-Plover, Central America, Spotted Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plover, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Long-billed Dowitchers, Western Sandpipers, Wilson's Phalaropes, Marbled Godwits, Short-billed Dowitcher, American Oystercatcher, Buff-breasted Sandpiper New!
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- Birds of North America (Usborne Spotter's Guides) by Philip Burton in Back Matter
- Pacific Northwest by Zim in Back Matter
- Shorebirds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World by John Marchant in Back Matter
- Mexico and Central America by Sharon Franklin on page 90
- Field Guide to the Birds; Eastern land and water birds by Roger Tory Peterson in Back Matter
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- Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges by Bill Thompson III on page 381
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